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Ronald H. McLaren (1948)
20th January 2013
Ronald Hogarth McLaren (1939-48), who died on 20th January, 2013, was in the XV, and Hockey XI and was Captain of Athletics. He worked in sales with Rank Xerox before moving into Yacht Charters on the West Coast as owner of Tarka Mhor Charters from 1985-2005. He was Chairman of Associated Scottish Yacht Charters. He is survived by his daughter Diana.
Charles J.F. Dykes (1947)
24th August 2004
Charles Joseph Findlay Dykes (1943-47) died very suddenly on 24th August, 2004. He gained a First in Mechanical Engineering at Glasgow University, where he was in the swimming and water-polo teams. He gained his Blue for swimming and also swam for the Scottish Universities. He served as a Lieutenant (TA) in R.E.M.E. from 1948-56. He worked for C.A. Parsons Turbine Generators now NEI Parsons Ltd. as Project Procurement Manager. Having played rugger for Kelvinside Academica...
Robert I.D. Simpson (1947)
21st July 2002
Dr. Robert Ian Dyer Simpson (1942-47) died on 21st July, 2002, at the age of 72 years.. He qualified M.B., B.S. at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, later gaining his M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.G.P., D.Obst. and R.C.O.G. He worked as a General Practitioner near Reading, which included being the highly respected MedicaL Officer to The Oratory School for 25 years. He was also a dedicated Governor of the school during one of the most significant stages of its development from 1990-20...
David J. Cairns (1946)
6th April 2009
David James Cairns (Joey) (1937-46) who died on 6th April 2009 at the age of 81 was Head Nipper, a prefect, in the XV, captain of hockey, and in the fives, athletics and cricket teams, scoring three centuries, in school matches, in his final year in the XI. After serving his National Service in France and Turkey with The Royal Army Service Corps, he went to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He captained the college cricket XI and the Cambridge University Crusaders and pl...
Robert J. Hutchinson (1946)
26th December 2007
Robert John Hutchinson (1946) died on 26 December 2007 aged 79. He was a prefect and in the XV. He graduated in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University (Jesus College) in 1949. In 1953 he graduated M.B., B.Chir.. Part of his career was spent working in community medicine in Yorkshire.
Stephen Allan (1946)
19th May 2010
Stephen Allan (1942-46) died on 19th May, 2010. He graduated in History and Economics from Cambridge (Corpus Christi College) and was in the University Rifle Team. In 1951 he was in the Yorkshire Rifle Team and was also in the Kings 100 at Bisley. He was Personnel Manager with British Steel (Special Steels), in Sheffield. Stephen and his wife Shirley, who survives him with two of their three children, became keen and expert fly-fishers, visiting the major Scottish rivers. ...
John J.S. Birrell (1946)
16th December 2006
John Jardine Stewart Birrell (1939-46) died on 16th December, 2006: having stoically overcome the effects of a stroke suffered eight years ago, he had recently been experiencing increasing ill health.  He was Editor of the Lorettonian and in the shooting team.  Having graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge, he worked as an Underwriter at Lloyds and was Chairman of Birrell Smith Underwriting Agencies Ltd in London.  His son, Christopher, writes:  “He enjoyed fishing and once ...
Tindle Bullen (1946)
1st August 2005
Tindle Bullen (1942-46) died on 1st August 2005 suddenly at home aged 77. He joined the Regular Army & was commissioned through "Intake 2" at Sandhurst in 1948. He then served with the Royal Artillery in Tripoli, British Army on the Rhine, the Canal Zone and Cyprus, retiring in 1965 in the rank of Captain, to join his father-in-law's business and settled down to family life in his beloved home town of Sunderland. He ended his career as a liaison officer with the Sunderland ...
John N.H. Gourlie (1945)
1st June 2005
John Norman Henry Gourlie (1942-45) died in June 2005 (exact date unkown please contact Lorettonian Society if you know the date). He went to the West of Scotland College of Agriculture before serving in the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders from 1946-7 (representing the Scottish Command at athletics). Following studies at RMA Sandhurst he took a regular commission in 1951 and served with the RASC in Malaya, Singapore and Germany, retiring in 1961 having played for the Army X...
James D.H. Hume (1945)
26th April 2009
James Douglas Howden Hume CBE, LLD (1942 – 45) died on the 26th April 2009, aged 80. David H Hume (1951) writes: “My brother Douglas was the last of four generations of our family to run the international Glasgow based engineering firm of James Howden & Co. Ltd., which celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2004. He was an apprentice at Howden from 1947 and qualified as a ‘reliable craftsman in all aspects of general engineering’ in 1955. During this period he did his National ...
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